Young gun Murray set to step into Stringer’s boots

CONOR MURRAY is in line for a starting place for Munster in tomorrow night’s Magners League clash with Leinster, intensifying debate over the No 9 jersey for the province’s European quarter-final in Brive next week.

The Garryowen scrum-half will be named today ahead of Peter Stringer for his third consecutive Munster start after impressing in the two previous outings against the Dragons and in Cardiff a week ago.

With Tomás O’Leary still unavailable with an eye injury, Murray has eased ahead of Duncan Williams and into a straight head-to-head with veteran Stringer for the start against Brive in the Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-final tomorrow week.